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But for the stubborn team seeking votes for Harmeet Dhillon, the California national committeeman taking on McDaniel, the friendly atmosphere is all the more reason to keep making their case. Parading their high-profile surrogates, former Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake and country artist John Rich, through the hotel, Dhillon's team placed them with members who thought they could still be persuaded that the RNC needs change. As a GOP member who attended the meeting said, RNC members have “historically stabbed each other in the back” in secret ballots, citing past races for lower leadership positions where candidates found out the…

Chao's statement is an extremely rare case of the former transportation secretary getting into the political tangle that her former boss has tended around her since the end of her administration. It suggests that discomfort with Trump's anti-Asian rhetoric has reached a new level amid several high-profile shootings of Asian Americans. On at least half a dozen occasions, Trump has taken to his social media platform, Truth Social, to criticize McConnell's leadership and suggest, among other things, that he is conflicted because of his wife's connection to China. Last fall, in a message widely seen by both Republicans and Democrats…

The resolution, first reported by POLITICO, does not mention Trump but condemns Ye, Fuentes and conservative commentator Milo Yiannopoulos by name. He also calls out a handful of Democratic politicians, including Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), for comments highly critical of Israel and ties they had to anti-Semitic figures. “I want to create a standard for all political parties in the United States, that we don't tolerate bigotry and, in this particular case, anti-Semitism,” Steel said. The resolution, if adopted, will "condemn, denounce, censor, and formally oppose all forms of bigotry, racism, ethnic bias, religious intolerance, anti-Semitism,…

“We just can't afford to take our foot off the gas,” McDaniel said, projecting confidence that he would prevail over Dhillon. Meanwhile, Dhillon claimed that with stronger leadership, the Republicans "could have won more in the 2022 election, and we'd be ready to win in 2024." Friday's election among the 168-member RNC will follow two days of meet-and-greets, debates and festivities among other typical party affairs. As measured by public statements of support, McDaniel would seem confident: she has more than 100 members publicly endorsing her, while Dhillon has less than 30. (MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell is also running, but…